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Papamoa's Natalie Peat, Olivia Eaton from Mt Maunganui, Omanu's Max Beattie and Devon Halligan have been selected by Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) in the Black Fins team of 12 who will attempt to become lifesaving world champions for the third straight year.

The team will compete at Rescue 2016 (the Lifesaving World Championships) in the Netherlands this September.

Peat was a late call up to the team in 2014 when Ironwoman Halligan was forced to pull out with an injury. Halligan re-joins the team along with beach sprinter and rising star Eaton, who represented New Zealand in the Youth team in 2014.

Held every two years, the Lifesaving World Championships is the largest international lifesaving sport competition in the world and attracts competitors from over 40 nations.

This year, it is being held in The Netherlands from September 1-18 with the national team's competition taking place from September 6-11 where the Black Fins will be defending their consecutive titles of world champions.

Black Fins coach Jason Pocock says the pressure in really on to step up once again and win that title for the third time in a row.

"Our athletes worked really hard to create history in 2014 by winning the first back-to-back world title and we're incredibly proud of that achievement. However, our athletes aren't prepared to stop there and they are hungry to keep striving and achieving and we have a strong team who I believe are capable of doing just that," Pocock said.

"The team has the advantage of knowing each other's strengths but there are still a busy couple of months ahead of intense training and team building activities before the event in September."